2 November to 12 November 2017Screenings of The Miner, directed by Hanna A. W. Slak (Nukleus Film), The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith by Slobodan Maksimović, and Dance in the Rain (1961) by Boštjan Hladnik, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival at Port of Thessaloniki, Warehouse 1 in Thessaloniki, Greeceprogramme

10 October to 17 October 2017The exhibition I Feel Slovenia featuring Slovenian natural and cultural heritage as presented by eminent Slovene photographers, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at Centre of Fine Arts Georgios Karydis in Athens, Greeceprogramme

21 March 2017The White Snake by storyteller Anja Štefan, organized in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at the Athens City of Fairy Tales Festival at Melina Cultural Centre in Athens, Greeceprogramme

5 March to 12 March 2017Screenings of Borders, directed by Damjan Kozole (Vertigo), and Houston, We Have a Problem!, directed by Žiga Virc (Studio Virc), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival at Frida Liappa Cinema, Olympion Theatre, Stavros Tornes Cinema in Thessaloniki, Greeceprogramme

8 February to 17 February 2017The exhibition I feel Slovenia. I feel 25, organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at House of Arts and Letters in Limassol, Cyprusprogramme

8 November to 22 November 2016The exhibition I feel Slovenia. I feel 25, organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at Social and Cultural Centre of Pallouriotissa in Nicosia, Cyprusprogramme

23 October 2016A talk by Polona Kovač at the festival Break the Chain, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at Technopolis in Athens, Greeceprogramme

17 March 2016Greece−Slovenia: Poetry Unites, a literary evening with poet Katja Gorečan, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at Enastron Vivliocafe in Athens, Greeceprogramme

9 March to 12 March 2016Screenings of Some Other Stories, directed also by Hanna Slak and co-produced by Studio Maj, at the 3rd UNDP Women’s Film Week, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at Famagusta Youth Center, Goethe-Institut, House of Arts and Literature in Famagusta, Larnaca, Nicosia, Cyprusprogramme

2 October 2015An evening of LGBT literature with authors Suzana Tratnik, Kristina Hočevar and Brane Mozetič, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens at Semio Theatre in Athens, Greeceprogramme

16 April to 3 May 2015Shakespeare’s King Lear, directed by Tomaž Pandur (Pandur.Theaters), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at Peiraios 260 in Athens, Greeceprogramme

8 February 2015The concert Songs from Slovenia and Slovakia also featuring works by renowned Slovene composers, organised in celebration of Slovene Cultural Holiday, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at Greek National Opera in Athens, Greeceprogramme

14 December 2014 to 15 February 2015sLOVEne IDentity, a photo exhibition on Slovenes in Greece, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at 43 σαραντατρίο in Athens, Greeceprogramme

4 July to 6 July 2014Euripides's Medea, directed by Tomaž Pandur and co-produced by Pandur.Theaters, at the 18th International Ancient Greek Drama Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, at Makarios III Amphitheatre, Paphos Ancient Odeon in Nicosia, Cyprusprogramme

14 November to 27 November 2013Class Enemy, directed by Rok Biček and produced by Triglav Film, at the 26th Panorama of European Cinema, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, in Athens, Greeceprogramme

1 November to 10 November 2013Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot, co-produced by Staragara, and Gravehopping, directed by Jan Cvitkovič and produced by Staragara, at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, in Thessaloniki, Greeceprogramme

23 September to 29 September 2013Veno Taufer at the Athens World Poetry Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens and Slovene Writers’ Association, in Athens, Greeceprogramme

19 August to 3 October 2013Sweet Heart Eater, a film directed by Rahela Jagrič, at AltcineAction! - the Online short film festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens, in Greeceprogramme

The Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Athens is the official representative body of the Slovene Government in Greece. The embassy promotes bilateral political, economic and cultural relations between Slovenia and Greece.

The Embassy in Athens is also responsible for Cyprus.

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Culture and education

The legal basis for cooperation in the field of culture is the Agreement on Cooperation in Culture, Education and Science between the Republic of Slovenia and Greece signed in November 1993 in Ljubljana.

The Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Athens participates in the organisation of a range of cultural events. In 2010 the Embassy organised the exhibition of Jure Zadnikar, a painter from Slovenia who lives in Greece. In December 2010 the lecture of Slavoj Žižek, whose works have also been translated into Greek, took place in Athens.

For the academic year 2011/12 the Government of the Republic of Slovenia announced up to 10 scholarships which are open to Greek students (undergraduate or postgraduate) who wish to study in Slovenia. The information is regularly updated at the CMEPIUS website.

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Gallery

Exhibition of fine arts works by Slovene children living in Limassol organised on the occassion of the presidential meeting in Nicosia at the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus, 2010